Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

The problem with party politics is that people get involved every two or four years and that is it. In the meantime, the legislature and Minnesota politics are on a separate track.

We need a new kind of citizenship, so that we can see citizens as themselves earning the rank of patriot because of their involvement in their community affairs....We as a society need to be encouraging people to focus not just on individual wants but on serving the larger community.

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.